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Give the dream space to grow into what it IS [Weekly Dream Status Report]

On Fridays I do these "Dream Status Report" prompts to help me have more clarity, momentum and groundedness on my path.

There are journaling sheets for doing this! These are available for everyone, not just membership members. Download them here.

I've been mentioning them every week, but I still want to start with a little plug for: Habits Upgrade + Structure, Habits Routines in the membership.

Every week I am a little more settled into new habits that really work for where I am now (which are so different from the habits I started this year with!) and I continue to be so grateful.

This week surprised me.

On Monday I was planning and doing some Year of Hope journaling and... I got the idea to ask hope how it wanted me to plan my week.

Hope was immediately SO CLEAR AND SURE.

Hope wanted me to focus on one particular thing instead of the two main things I wanted to focus on.

"Get it done!" Hope said.

I thought that wasn't really possible to get it DONE, even if I put the other project aside for a week.

But I thought I'd give it a try and... I got it done!

Somehow hope could see what I couldn't: that working on the two projects at once was making things harder for me.

This is NOT always true.

And sometimes even when it is true, we don't have a project we can just put on hold.

But this week, I could put the other one on hold and it did work and WHOA. I am so happy with the work I did and that I have so much space this week for the other project.

I keep learning how to work within my current capacity, which is smaller than it's ever been.

Or... it FEELS smaller than it's ever been. I think it's just CHANGING.

So much is changing in my relationship with productivity.

I am still taking this course with Dra. Rosales Meza and doing a lot of re-thinking around decolonizing how I do things. While I have been intentionally working on decolonizing my work since 2016, there are still so many layers to it, especially in how I treat myself, my creativity and my productivity.

I am VERY excited to be exploring all of this.

How do I feel about this/What am I learning: I feel like I am making space to go DEEPER into the Creative Dream Incubator.  Dream Book 2026 is going to be such a sturdy container for holding space for the ALCHEMY of dreaming, that I am going to surprise myself with what I dream of next.

What do I need now: To remember that STAYING INSIDE MY CAPACITY is actually a magical thing, not a punishment for arriving at middle age, which is how it has felt at times. There are new things becoming possible here and I am just starting to see them.

What does my dream need now (using the Dream Lab alchemy process): It asks me told on tight, it's taking me on an adventure.

Taking all of this into account my focus for next week is: Hold on to the dream, let go of my ideas about what it even is. Give it space to grow.

 

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Another meditation with the soul of money: DREAMING about money together

This is from the DREAMING with the Soul of Money meditation from Module 2 of the new Late Stage Capitalism Update to the Creative With Money program. DO NOT do this one until you've worked with the meditation + journaling kit in module 1 for at least a month. Give the seeds some time to incubate.

I went into this meditation with an expectation of what it would be like to DREAM about money.

My experience was nothing like my expectation. Which felt intense!

The soul of money, still showing up as a kite, unfurled this super long ladder and I climbed up and sat on it.

The soul of money wanted me to dream from it's perspective.

I lay down, looked up at the clouds, and sat with the questions in the meditation...

And even though I was floating in the meditation, I had this physical sensation of sinking. Like sinking into a new realization.

I don't want to dream of MORE. Or DIFFERENT even.

I want to dream of ENOUGH. A deeply felt sensation of enoughness.

Which is not about having so much that I am satisfied! That felt very clear.

It was about feeling like what I have is enough.

This is not possible when you don't have enough, but our culture very powerfully obfuscates the line between "enough" and "not enough" to train us to always want MORE. Capitalism depends on it. At the same time, there are such harsh penalties for not having enough money that of course we always tend to want MORE.

So this sensation of ENOUGH felt like a healing that I can't put into words.

Then, on my second time in there, it's like I went in from the perspective that my deepest, biggest and wildest dream about money is to sink into the sensation of having enough and not wasting any of my time or energy on seeking more...

And this time the dreaming was about EVERYONE having enough.

I live in Winnipeg, Canada but I have been told this is happening in all Canadian cities and likely in lots of other countries as well. People are losing their homes in rapidly increasing numbers. They are on the street, all of the parks near me, except the one that is monitored by security guards, have encampments in them. This is late stage capitalism.

To continue to adhere to capitalism's values is to focus on the individual. Which means recognizing that an increased population of people living on the street puts me in danger, so where can I build walls to protect me?

One reason why the Late Stage Capitalism Update to the Creative With Money program is so SLOW is to give us space to sink into our own values.

I would rather feel safe in my community because everyone has enough, than feel safe because I have some fantastic security system on my home, we've built a wall around the whole condo development, and there are police out everywhere.

While, again, you do need to have enough to meet your needs, after that... abundance is about so much more than how much money you have in the bank.

 

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Can you LUXURIATE about that?

This came up on a recent coaching call.

It was about a business problem.

And this person, when really listening to herself about how she wanted to do things, knew that she wanted to LUXURIATE in the question instead of trying to find the “best” or fastest answer.

HOW we do things matters.

For some reason when it comes to business, the sacred work of offering our gifts to the world, we can feel like we HAVE TO do things… business style. Like we put on a suit and tie and want to follow all of the rules of business world.

There was a whole wave of online business coaches who came along to say… no you can do it different! And then proceeded to just put window dressing on the same old tired business practices. You can call a sales funnel a sacred journey of transformation - but if the nuts and bolts are still the same then you haven’t done anything different.

It’s so engrained in us to follow the rules that even when we are deliberately trying to break free we end up falling in line in so many ways.

We also think that there is A WAY that will get us the results we want, so we go looking outside of us for that way.

When the only way YOU can do it is YOUR way and that answer will only come from inside you.

So LUXURIATING in the questions is often the smartest thing you can do, business wise.

 

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I gave myself a new job title recently: Artist, Witch + Midwife for your DREAM.

I used to use the word mentor instead of witch. Before that it was coach.

Technically, in terms of my training, I am a fashion designer (I know we can think of fashion as being very superficial but it can be our most potent and consistent form of self expression) and a spiritual teacher and counsellor or spiritual practitioner.

I could use the term spiritual practitioner but then I should talk about where I received that accreditation and that’s complicated because I have been distancing myself from it since I started decolonizing my work in 2016.

The training I received was intensely colonial as all new age/new thought/alternative or holistic wellness teachings are, you can't just say "It's not new thought it's ancient wisdom" and that's that. I’ve spent years unlearning the colonial perspective that is so deeply engrained in all of these teachings and all I was left with were disjoined bits of Indigenous teachings, taken fully out of context, placed into a toxic “prosperity gospel” culture that remains wilfully and destructively ignorant of the systems of privilege and oppression we live in which impact us every day.

So I had to re-build a lot of my work and today it is not recognizable as being a part of that lineage.

Using the term spiritual practitioner, for me, plugs into all of these things I have worked to move away from.

Using the term witch, for me, plugs me into my authentic self and ancestral medicine which I am slowly learning more about as I am working with Dra. Rosales Meza. 

Being a witch, professionally, is completely uncertified. Anyone can claim it. 

BUT/AND it is deeply karmic. A witch is accountable for their actions. To put yourself out there as a witch without integrity and honesty will do you more harm than you do to the people you try to swindle.

That feels like where I’m at now. Intentional, powerful and accountable.

Plus I get called a witch all the time anyway.

And when I think “Oh I’m not a witch” what I am thinking is that EVERYONE is magic and if I am a witch so is everyone else…

Which is actually a part of my gifts. I see your magic. I understand how to nurture it and harness it for your dreams.

Not everyone can do that. 

We all have unique ways of using our magic. 

Mine just happens to be to help you get better at using yours, by holding space for the alchemical process that is pursing your dreams… AKA answering your soul’s callings.

And after making this decision I noticed… I have been calling some of my healing circles “community spells” for some time because that most accurately describes the work we do.

I’ve been on my way to this all along.

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My Hope Practice Changes Again [Year of Hope Week 43]

Year of Hope

Every Monday in 2025 there will be a new journal prompt in the Year of Hope classroom in the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership.

Get this week's journal prompt here.

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Leave them in the comments at the bottom of that page so we can discuss this as a group. Practicing hope in community is MAGIC.

 

Last week I wrote: this year of practicing hope has been so subtle and deep and healing.

It's really changed things for me, in the way that SHOWING UP EVERY DAY always does.

ALWAYS!

IF!

You keep showing up when it's hard/boring/annoying.

I have a lot of love, enthusiasm and excitement for the planner I bought for this project, and for the idea of finishing the year with this planner FILLED.

That was what kept me going, to be honest, when I felt bored/frustrated/stuck with my relationship with hope. It's also easier for me when I offer it as a program in  he membership, which I did with this because then I have a reason beyond my own needs/interest to keep showing up.

At this point, my practice has come full circle. I am back to just... hoping for things.

On Monday I sat down, after my meditation and journaling, and took out my Year of Hope planner and I wrote THIS WEEK I HOPE FOR: and filled the page with my hopes.

The first thing that came to mind surprised me so much.

But my hope felt genuine, so I followed it and it re-arranged my work schedule, or the way I saw a few projects going.

It was this tangible view of: HOPE CHANGES THINGS.

Hope, wish, dream... they are all kind of the same. Beautiful things! Time spent dreaming is never wasted, this can be a healing practice.

CREATIVE DREAMING... that's different. There is this intention behind it that you are CREATING this dream. You are bringing it into the physical world and giving it life. This becomes mystical and powerful.

Not all things we dream of are things for us to CREATIVE DREAM.

It's still valuable to dream. It's perspective-expanding and can be very healing to give yourself space to DREAM without any intention of DOING.

When we ALWAYS approach our dreams as "things we better make happen" we can end up limiting what we dream of to what we feel capable of doing in the moment.

And dreams are meant to GROW us.

Our dreams are meant to GUIDE us.

So, in addition to all the ways we are being these mystical powerful creatures birthing dreams into this dimension... we ALSO need to make space to just... listen to the dreams our souls want to offer us next.

 

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Keep going, you’re doing great [Weekly Dream Status Report]

On Fridays I do these "Dream Status Report" prompts to help me have more clarity, momentum and groundedness on my path.

There are journaling sheets for doing this! These are available for everyone, not just membership members. Download them here.

I am still marvelling in the magic of HAVING more of the habits I WANT!

(Membership resources: Habits Upgrade + Structure, Habits Routines)

Each week I learn a little something new about what supports these habits and implement it... just one tiny baby step at a time.

For example, on weekends I go through my sewing projects and look at what I need to make it easy to pick up and do a few seams throughout the week. On week days I DO NOT have the capacity to take everything out (like it takes A LOT of space to lay out fabric and cut out a pattern) and start a project. But I DO have the capacity to pick up an organized, in-process project and do the next few seams.

This is so small and yet I sewed a whole hoodie dress in a week just a few seams here and there... though this is a hoodie pattern I've sewn many times so it's an easier process. New/challenging patterns are more of a weekend thing but...

Setting up a creative project to make it simple to pick up and do when I don't have a ton of time or energy means I can do more creative projects! Which isn't just about accomplishing things but about making space to do the things that fill the well. A few minutes of sewing just hits different than a few minutes of scrolling.

Also, I have been doing a TON of sewing for the last year. I counted 35 items I made, including some complicated things like a winter coat and nightgown with a super-comfy bralette sewn in.

There are so many other creative project I want to be doing but sewing keeps being the thing I have energy for.

So I am trusting that. The other things are coming AND this sewing is creating the path. I am showing up and doing the thing that is right there and easiest to do.

How do I feel about this/What am I learning: I keep learning how to set things up in my life to make things easier for me. SO grateful for this.

What do I need now: Same as last week: It's so nice to ask this question and feel like my needs are mostly handled. I got this!

What does my dream need now: My dream reminded me that I am taking this course with Dra. Rosales Meza and this is feeding me and my dream in so many ways.

Taking all of this into account my focus for next week is: Keep going, you're doing great.

 

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A meditation with the soul of money

 

 

This is from the Soul of Money meditation from Module 1 of the new Late Stage Capitalism Update to the Creative With Money program.

Being in the energy field of creative with money felt amazing. I felt deeply supported and ready for something profound…

But when the soul of money showed up as… I didn’t know what. Suddenly it was dark and I couldn't see that well. There was a bit of fabric and… it looked like straw maybe? I just couldn’t tell.

I thought I was doing it wrong. Even though I say in the meditation you can’t do this wrong, which I say because of how easily we FEEL LIKE we are doing it wrong in the moment.

Then I said - no you’re not doing it wrong. This is your experience. Be in it!

That’s when I realized that I was looking at a deflated hot air balloon. Previously when I’d done this meditation, the soul of money was a hot air balloon.

I have actually been in a hot air balloon! So I know what to do with a deflated balloon and basket on the ground. I climbed in (it’s very awkward).

Then I laid down inside the basket.

Then I got it.

The hot air balloon (money) doesn’t do anything on its own. It needs action - someone to light and maintain the fire. And here I am, just laying in the basket.

But it felt very forgiving - like I’ve been laying in the basket for a while and for good reason. I’ve needed to just rest. And if I want this balloon to get back into the air I need to light this fire.

AND

This dovetails with explorations I have been doing about my capacity and HOW I do things.

So I don’t want to light the fire in the ways I have in the past. I don’t want to say to myself that it’s worth any effort to get this thing into the air because once I’m floating I’m floating and I can rest then.

So I just stay laying in the basket and breathing deep and somehow the balloon starts to inflate.

And I just sit with that, and let it sink in...

 

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A conversation with “You are not moving fast enough”

This is from about a month ago and it's amazing to look back and see how much things have changed since. I did do the brainstorm I talked about in the end and have made some changes that feel SOOOO supportive. This work WORKS!

+++++++

I feel like I am under so much pressure and I don’t know why and as a part of trying to figure it out, I have asked “You are not moving fast enough” to meet me here in the un-sticking station.

She’s crabby, kicking at the ground “I hate it here”

Why?

Because change happens here. There’s possibility in the air (said with heavy sarcasm).

Yeah, I have been un-sticking stucks in this place for a very long time.

I’m not a stuck.

I hear you. What are you?

The truth.

The truth?

Yes. You are moving way too slow. That’s just a fact.

I can agree that this is YOUR truth and respect that, but I don’t agree that it’s a universal fact.

Well that’s stupid.

You are entitled to see it that way. And what if we don’t need to agree about that? Can we agree that you pushing me to move faster isn’t actually working?

What?!?

Can you see that? The more you push me, the more pressured I feel, then I start to feel anxious then I am in a panic attack and then very little is going to happen. I actually DO want to move these projects forward (and actually I AM moving them forward, slowly*)

I thought you just need MORE pressure then eventually it will pop and movement will happen.

That’s an explosion.

Yeah! An explosion of productivity!

It will be an explosion of… I don’t know, chaos, falling apart, mess.

Oh…

You see it now?

I see it now.

I get that pressure might work for some people. But not me, right? You can see that?

I think I am starting to get it… you really do want to do these things, but you need time.

Then it’s like a lightbulb goes off.

The part of me who doesn’t trust me, or my dreams, wants to pressure me to get there. The part of me who trusts myself and my dreams knows I need to move slow…

But both parts of me see that I need something that I don’t currently have. What we are doing isn’t working.

I need more structure. This part of me thought that PRESSURE was the answer but SUPPORT is the answer and STRUCTURE is what would be the most supportive right now.

Next steps: brainstorm what kinds of structure might help and do some experiments and TRY TRY TRY to not put pressure on myself to figure out the support part right away.

*This is too much for right now, but we also need to have a discussion about letting “fast” and “slow” TOTALLY CHANGE. Like TOTALLY CHANGE. The world has changed and I have changed and what is fast and what is slow can change as well.

 

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My dream JOLTS me into a whole new perspective

In the Dream Lab meditation I invited my dream in and it came in as a JOLT in my whole body.

I felt lit up.

My dream was saying…  I am not just the attainment of that end goal. I am the deep joy of HOW you’re going to do it.

Aligned. Lit up. Joyful. Creative. Alive. Inspired. IN SPIRIT.

You’re not just going to love getting the goal you’re going to love the way you do it. The act of doing the work is going to bring so much joy to your days.

This contrasted SO HARD with the belief I’d been carrying….that it’s going toe HARD WORK.

That I am going to have to GET MY SHIT TOGETHER. 

That I have to figure out how to have enough physical + mental energy to get this done.

(Physical and mental energy have been at all time lows for many reasons)

And now I feel like such a weight has been lifted.

*** There is nothing WRONG with the hard times we face in our lives and in our dreams. I mean it’s wrong as in I don’t want anyone to suffer and I think humans could build better systems and live in a way that kept everyone much safer… but it’s not wrong as in you aren’t doing anything wrong when you struggle. The struggles are a part of the process.

Remember your dream isn’t a linear path it’s an alchemical process. The struggles and the circling of things and the going backwards - this all serves you and your dream in ways you just can’t see in the moment.

So these moments like I am now when the weight has been lifted and I see a clear and direct path and I feel so sure and confident - this doesn’t mean I am doing BETTER than I was when I felt like a stressed out mess. I think it’s important that we remember that!

 

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Hope does not judge me for the times when I can’t hold onto it [Year of Hope Week 42]

Year of Hope

Every Monday in 2025 there will be a new journal prompt in the Year of Hope classroom in the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership.

Get this week's journal prompt here.

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Leave them in the comments at the bottom of that page so we can discuss this as a group. Practicing hope in community is MAGIC.

This year of practicing hope has been so subtle and deep and healing.

Last November I just felt a deep sense of hopelessness about the future. Which is a really completely natural and valid feeling to feel in response to what was happening in my life and in the world.

Hope was a far-away dream, so I dreamed about it.

And now I feel I have a different relationship with hope, somewhere deep down inside in my inner world that doesn't necessarily impact me day-to-day but does feel like it strengthens the foundation that I live and dream from.

And it feels like a healing and a blessing to see that hope does not judge me for the times when I just can't.

The relationship has strengthened enough that this is ok. The relationship can hold it.

Hope can still believe in me. Hope can still believe in us, and what we can do together.

And it's just like with all dreams, we know what we want to create and how we want to feel and the times when we have and feel the opposite - these are portals of learning and healing. They're not mistakes.

We're not meant to always hold onto hope or optimism or positivity. Trying to do that will only lead to trouble.

 

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Keep it up! [Weekly Dream Status Report]

On Fridays I do these "Dream Status Report" prompts to help me have more clarity, momentum and groundedness on my path.

There are journaling sheets for doing this! These are available for everyone, not just membership members. Download them here.

This is another week of feeling really proud of myself. I am doing my new habits!!! Consistently every day. Meditation + journaling are way up. Screen time is way down. I am spending 15 minutes or so a day doing "life maintenance" and so I no longer get to the weekend feeling like it will take all weekend just to get my life in order.

I sat with all the things that weren't working and processed my feelings and saw new ways I could be and experimented and here I am. I am so grateful to be on the other side of this.

Also, I found out the judge approved the DIY divorce papers we had submitted, so our divorce will be legally final at the end of October. This is such a relief that it's done, and we don't have to get lawyers and turn it into a big ordeal.

How do I feel about this/What am I learning: I am learning about my self care needs for this phase of life I am in. They are so different from what they were before! I guess I have finally moved out of the phase of being annoyed that my needs have changed, and am accepting I am where I am. And this has freed up a LOT of energy for more interesting things.

What do I need now: It's so nice to ask this question and feel like my needs are mostly handled. I got this!

What does my dream need now: My dream showed up as... a little picture of a mountain terrain turning flat. Oh what a relief - the sensation of not seeing mountains ahead in need of climbing! It doesn't feel like it needs anything right now.

Taking all of this into account my focus for next week is: I've been doing so good on so many fronts - the self care, showing up for my dreams, planning for the future and taking tiny consistent steps - I just want to keep it up!

 

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When the dream does not feel like you wanted it to feel

We had this fantastic conversation about THIS DOES NOT FEEL LIKE I WANTED IT TO FEEL, on a recent group call in the membership. (Members: Access call replay and upcoming call schedule here)

How, after years and years of dreaming and yearning, the thing can actually start to happen… and how it’s so thrilling at first and you want it just be thrilled and excited and happy beyond measure… but it starts to get annoying.

Birthing a dream is a miracle and parts of it are also a pain in the ass.

You’re not doing it wrong if it doesn’t feel like you wanted it to.

Sit with your feelings. Tend to them and find out what they need which will help you know what you need. (Members: use the Un-Sticking Station! I know you're not stuck but these are such good practices for uncomfortable feelings)

“I want to feel good about this and enjoy the process of my dream coming to life” can be a mini-dream within a dream!

You can make a Dream Book for this dream, get in there and really look at the inner and outer aspects of it and find out what this dream needs from you.

There are TONS of valid reasons why you may really hate the process of your dream actually happening, such as:

Deep worthiness issues surface, which had been buried when you didn’t have the dream, but now that this is really happening - do you deserve it?

Or maybe all of your inner serves are cool with this dream… BUT… getting this dream opens the door to the next dream and something about that is terrifying.

Sometimes you work so hard for a dream, and then when you get it, it turns out it’s actually not what you wanted. This is heartbreaking! So you need to tend to that heartbreak before you’ll be able to learn from this, then use what you learn to refine your vision, and set after what you really want.

Sometimes some parts of it are ANNOYING! Messy, hard work, tedious work, etc. Working with your Dream Self can help you find ways to approach these parts that make them more enjoyable for you.

All of the reasons are VALID.

There isn't anything wrong when you don't feel the way you wanted to feel.

Keep noticing: How do I feel? How do I want to feel? What helps me feel the way I want to feel? How can I bring more of that into my day?

Keep practicing. You're doing great.

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Let me show you this flower!!

So gorgeous, right?

They only bloom for about 24 hours, they smell SO GORGEOUS the perfume fills my whole room.

This is a zig-zag or ric-rac cactus. I got it in 2020 at the height of the lockdowns when I developed a new hobby... watching a local plant shop's instagram posts about what plants they would be getting in each week, and then trying to get to the order form on the website on time when the shipment arrived and sales went live, because everything would sell out so fast.

I was so happy to get this plant. It was a labeled as in a 4" pot so I knew it would be small... but when I went to pick it up it was TINY.

I immediately felt ripped off.

Then when I looked closer - the plant was only in a 2" pot, which was buried inside the 4" pot.

After really enjoying the fun of following that plant shop and watching the new plants come in each week, it left a bad taste in my mouth.

But, I thought - it will grow. Right?

OMG it has grown.

And then last year it produced one of these amazing blooms. And this year - 4 blooms so far! With 4 more on the way!

I hardly ever remember that disappointment I felt when I first got this plant.

And when I do remember it just feels like this distant thing, like "oh that's too bad but it's a big happy healthy plant now". Also, that plant shop doesn't exist anymore and other plant shops have opened closer to me that just have better vibes - and better prices!

It just feels like... a thing can be a disappointing mess and we can call it what it is, we don't have to try to have a positive outlook about it.. AND at the same time... we can hold space for what we want to have happen next.

Like - all of that disappointment I felt when I first got this is now all of this magic I feel with this magical blooms.

Alchemy!

It's always happening.

Things are always changing.

But you have to show up to RECEIVE the changes.

If it had just given up because I was so disappointed I wouldn't have these flowers. I had to show up, keep watering and feeding and making sure it had the right light and giving it a bigger pot when necessary.

Everything is always changing and you can help direct those changes and receive the blessings when you show up for your practice.

 

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I’ve known what I needed to do for a long time but I have not been able to do it.

THIS! SUCKS!

This is also, unfortunately, not uncommon. When we get to a place where there is nothing outside of us stopping us, we can become paralyzed.

This is a part of the process. It's a way of working through some of the inner stuff.

And, it sucks!

So I've been SO GRATEFUL that recently, I have started DOING THE THINGS.

And it’s amazing! It feels like such a breakthrough.

And looking back to the months and months of trying and failing I can see so clearly now…

I just wasn’t ready. It just wasn’t time yet. It is as simple as that.

One of the principles of Creative Dream Alchemy is that you are ALWAYS ready for your next step…. But another one is that you are rarely right about what your next step actually is.

So, I was seeing this step that was several steps away from where I was, and I kept trying to do it, and I just COULD NOT and it felt like I was spinning my wheels.

My resistance was running the show in a lot of ways.

And that’s how it is sometimes.

Yes, resistance can be unconscious fears and it “being in resistance” can mean that we are letting our fears run the show.

There is also wisdom in resistance, in the places in us that say “not yet” “slow down” “this isn’t the right way to go about this”

And it’s extremely difficult to know the difference between “playing small and letting your fears win” and “being wise and listening to ALL of your inner selves”.

All we can do is keep showing up to practice.

Keep really listening to ourselves and honouring what we find when we do. 

This means honouring your fears and doubts like you honour your inspiration, ideas and courage. (Membership members: use the Library of Inner Work practices!)

Keep going deeper.

You’ll find the thing you need next. But, another principle of Creative Dream Alchemy is: It takes the time it takes. 

 

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Some days this is all a bit much [Year of Hope Week 41]

Year of Hope

Every Monday in 2025 there will be a new journal prompt in the Year of Hope classroom in the Creative Dream Incubator Coaching Membership.

Get this week's journal prompt here.

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Leave them in the comments at the bottom of that page so we can discuss this as a group. Practicing hope in community is MAGIC.

Photo of my journal open to page that says in big letters: Some days this is all too much

One thing the Year of Hope has shown me is how much hope needs CAPACITY.

When “it’s all too much” hope becomes nearly impossible to find and that doesn’t mean something is wrong... It means you need to rest, slow down, and look at what you can take off your plate so you can have the capacity to be hopeful.

 

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